There is a lot of discontent in Aboriginal communities about …

There is a lot of discontent in Aboriginal communities about the lockdown.
Many say they were tricked into returning home only to locked down.
People in town and free (relatively) and they are still locked down?
Yes for their own benefit but try explaining that.
Getting them back to their communities if the virus takes hold here will not be so easy next time around.
Keep the borders closed.

Industry development in the NT a government policy vacuumMuch of Fuller’s analysis is superficial because it does not take account of on the ground realities.
Take the proposition that royalty arrangements are heavily weighted in favour of the mining companies.
Fuller needs to explore the reasons for this rather than just suggest that governments can change this and bemoan the lack of transparency.
NT is not a favoured destination for mining investment, especially by comparison with WA.
Green groups and factional NT politics slow every project and add immense costs.
Aboriginal interests do the same and burden companies with training and employment programs that end up being of no interest to the local communities.
There is no significant NT workforce so FIFO is unavoidable and to the NT is costly.
Everything costs much more in the NT, build a road to a mine and it will cost at least twice as much as in WA.
Mining companies don’t really want to spend hundreds of millions in the NT unless it is an outstanding project and there are many outstanding projects nationally.
It is a buyers’ market.
This is the environment that miners and the NT Government negotiate within.
Swinging the balance of power to government will take a lot more than a new policy to increase the royalty payments.

The two territories at opposite ends of car sales statsOur town is about to enjoy a super led recovery as hundreds of remote community residents withdraw $10,000 each with another $10,000 to come.
Council offices in remote communities are being overrun with requests.
They will be buying cars and then goods and services.

Masters Games this October, not 2022: LambleyGreat idea Robyn and to make sure we don’t get interstate visitors gate crashing the games before the borders are open we can ask the Joint Defence Base to patrol with drones.
Armed with Hellfire missiles, of course. Just in case.

Library no go for unaccompanied Alice teens@ Anon agree 100% this exclusion is arguably racial based.
What timing!
This has the potential to go national and damage the image and reputation of our town.
Can you see the headline “Aboriginal youth excluded …”
The last thing our tourist industry needs now is any hint of racial discrimination.
Once again the council has made a poor decision.
Had this gone to a formal meeting it would surely have been opposed.
We have the traffic lights stuff up, making a suburban street a no standing zone and other operational decisions that show a lack of judgement.

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